When the Supreme Court on October 6 listens to the BCCI바카라s reasons for defying certain the Lodha Committee recommendations, all six north east states will be keenly following the development as they are expecting to get equal treatment from the world바카라s richest cricket board.
None of the six north-eastern states are full members of the BCCI; for that matter, even Bihar, the third most populous state of the country, is not a full member. But, at October 1 special general body meeting, the BCCI granted Associate Membership, with strings attached.
The BCCI said that it was giving the membership to these states according to the ICC rules, which means that three of the north east states will be equivalent to one vote.
This move has not endeared the BCCI to the north east states, who have termed its conditional membership 바카라ridiculous바카라.
바카라They are saying 3:1, which means three states are equivalent to one vote. This is like at the ICC, where three associate and affiliate members are counted as one vote. This is ridiculous,바카라 N. Bhattacharjee, co-convenor of the North East Cricket Development Committee (NECDC) and secretary of the Meghalaya Cricket Association, told Outlook.
바카라Although the BCCI has decided at the special general body meeting [on October 1] to give voting rights to the Associate members, there is a catch there. They have said they would give this right as per the ICC guidelines, which is 3:1, meaning that three states is equivalent to one vote. So, we are not accepting that,바카라 said Bhattacharjee , also a member of the BCCI바카라s New Area Development Committee (NADC).
So, what are they going to do about it? 바카라After the Supreme Court hearing on October 6, we will decide out further course of action. So we will wait till then. And we know that the Supreme Court will not agree [to its order not being complied],바카라 Bhattacharjee.
The Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee has recommended that all 29 states be given full membership. But the BCCI has only partially accepted that recommendation, besides rejecting some other main ones like adopting a new constitution drafted by the Lodha Committee, leading to a battle of attrition between the two entities.
Only Tripura, a north east state, and Vidarbha have complied with the September 30 deadline of the Lodha Committee and accepted to change their constitution.
On October 6, the Supreme Court is to hear the BCCI response to a status report that the Lodha Committee had submitted to the court after the Board refused to comply all the recommendations by the first deadline of September 30. There are several other deadlines that the committee had given to the BCCI and its affiliates. But the BCCI and a majority of its affiliates defiantly refused to comply with the recommendations, leading to a battle of attrition.
On October 1, the five north eat states 바카라 Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Sikkim 바카라 presented a memorandum to BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke, requesting the Board to consider granting full member status to them as per the Lodha Committee recommendations.
바카라We are not opposing four members from one state getting a vote each, although the Supreme Court has said 바카라one state, one vote바카라. So I request the other members [of the BCCI] to not oppose us [in getting equal treatment],바카라 said Bhattacharjee. 바카라After all, we are also part of India. And when, for example, Dhoni hits a six, whether it is Meghalaya or Nagaland or Arunachal Pradesh, we also cheer and support him like all other Indians.바카라
Neiphiu Rio, a Lok Sabha member of Parliament and former Nagaland Chief Minister, has also supported the cause of the north east states. In April, he had written a letter to Anurag Thakur, when he was BCCI secretary, to support development of cricket in north east and also grant membership to Mizoram, which hasn바카라t been granted BCCI any membership.
On Wednesday, Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma joined hands with the north east states while criticising the BCCI for 바카라misleading바카라 cricket fans of the country on recent developments vis-Ă -vis Lodha Committee.
바카라The BCCI is also guilty of adopting a prejudiced and arbitrary approach towards Bihar. The plight of the state is such that despite being the third most populated state in the country, it has not been allowed to field a team in Ranji Trophy for more than 15 years,바카라 he pointed out.
바카라The cricket careers of two entire generations of sportspersons have been played with in the name of partisan politics. The apathy towards the CAB has been accepted by the Hon바카라ble Justice Lodha Committee in its report as well. Despite the direction of the apex court, to allow all state바카라s associations as full members, the recently released schedule of the Ranji Trophy fails to mention any fixtures for Bihar as well as north east States,바카라 said Verma.
바카라Such arrogant defiance by the top brass of the BCCI is a sign that they treat themselves to be above all laws and judicial process in this country,바카라 he charged. 바카라The defence of legal impediments taken by the BCCI are frivolous and baseless in nature and are aimed at subverting the order of the Hon바카라ble apex court.바카라
